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Interview With Johnny Z (Pt. 1)

Posted: Jul 8th 2009 By: CMBurnham

After the spectacular TLC 2 match at IZW EVOLUTION, which resulted in BLK-OUT once again regaining the IZW Tag Team Championships, I was able to sit down with IZW Owner Johnny Z, one half of Impact, Inc., the former champions. What follows is an excerpt of our lengthy conversation.

Ryan James Ragsdale: Now, Johnny... two months ago, at IZW Evolution?"

Johnny Z: First off... don't call me Johnny. Call me Mr. Z, or Johnny Z. It's that simple.

RJR: Fair enough. Mr. Z, after going through four stacked tables at the climax of TLC2, which resulted in BLK-OUT regaining the tag team championships, how have you been recovering?

JZ: Well, Ryan James Ragsdale, IZW Backstage Correspondent, I will elaborate upon a few parts of your question. First off... falling through the four tables was, uh, for the second time, hurt just as much as the first time. But that was not what resulted in BLK-OUT recapturing the IZW Tag Team Titles. Bernie D not getting the job done, after I had taken care of Jermaine Johnson?'cause that's something you left out of the question was the fact that Johnson went through those tables with me. We were both down and out. And that was because of Bernie, if you go watch the tape. All Bernie had to do was take care of that pipsqueak, that ninety-pound soaking wet thug Montego Seeka, and we'd still be the IZW Tag Team Champions. But, as usual, Bernie D couldn't get the job done without Johnny Z, and so now we're not the IZW Tag Team Champions. So it wasn't that fall. It was Bernie D's ineptitude that resulted in us not being the tag team champions. Secondly, if you'll notice, I wasn't on last week's show. I'm not sure when I'll be on a show again, because my body is not doing very well. I've been through a lot of punishment for the last few months. Uh, you know, two TLC matches, a ten-man Impact Chamber match where I was suplexed off the top of the cage, a lumberjack match with the IZW Heavyweight Champion Aaron Neil... I just, it does start to take its toll, and that's why I'm taking a little break.

RJR: Getting back to something you mentioned earlier, I noticed you highlighted Bernie D's ineptitude as one of the main factors, if not the only factor, in Impact, Inc losing the tag team championships. So moving forward, is there any tension between Impact Inc and where do you see the group moving in the future?

JZ: Uh... I wouldn't say there's any tension within Impact Inc. Johnny Z runs a pretty tight ship. It's my way or the highway. There's no tension. It's that simple. You either do it my way or you get gone. When things go wrong and I let you know it's your fault, you deal with it or you get gone. As for our future plans, we do hold an automatic rematch clause because we are the former tag team champions. When we decide to use that will be anyone's guess. There are some other things on my mind right now. I'm not going to divulge everything, but there is a certain situation with the heavyweight belt that Impact Inc. has been trying to take care of for a while, and without revealing too much, let's just say that Johnny Z might have his eye on rectifying that situation.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is more to this explosive interview. Be sure to check back Friday for the rest of my exclusive interview with IZW Owner Johnny Z!

Tags: IZW, BLK-OUT, Impact, Inc., Johnny Z, Ryan James Ragsdale, Bernie D, Jermaine Johnson, Aaron Neil